Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-21
passage, and it is so enacted. Approved
April l, 1887.
GREER COUNTY-FOR CANCELLA-
TION OF PATENTS IN, ETC.

Whereas, many patents have been
issued, by virtue of veteran certificates,
to lands in Greer county; and whereas,
said lands were located under the con-
struction by the Commissioner of the
General Land Office of the act reserving
from location the lands embraced within
the territorial limits of the county Of
Greer, therefore,
Section l. Be it enacted by the Legis-
lature of the state Of Texas: That the
Commissioner of the General Land Office
be and is hereby authorized and required
to issue certificate to the patentee or
assignee OF each patent issued to lands in
Greer county and other reservations by
virtue of veteran certificates; and said
certificates shall be issued upon the con-
ditions hereinafter provided.
Sec, ,. The said certificate shall in all
cases issue to the owner of the patent,
whether the owner be the original
grantee, the patentee or the assignee;
! but said owner shall first file with the
Commissioner of the General Land Office
@ complete chain Of title from the origi-
nal grantee, and said owner shall also
surrender his patent to the Commissioner
of the General Land Office, Wcose Gutg il.
shall be to cancel said patent and the
certificate by virtue of which it issued;
provided, that nothing in this act shall be
construed as requiring or authorizing the
AttOrney-General to dismiss any sai5 now
pending for the cancellation of said
patents, nor to prevent him from bringing
other suits for such purposes.
Sec. 3. The certificates hereinbefOre
provided to be issued shall be for the
same quantity of land as called for in the
patent cancelled, and shall be located IL
the same manner and way as veteran
donation certificates issued under the
veteran act of 1881 could be located, and
patented as in other cases; and the Com
missioner of the General Land Office shall
charge no fees for the issuance Of the
certificates and patents; provided, if no IN
appropriated public domain can be found
on which TO locate said certificates, the
parties TO whom said certificates are is
sued shall have no further claim upon the
state by reason of anything contained in
this act: And provided further, that
this provision shall, be Incorporated on
the face of such certificate; provided, that !
said certificates shall not be located on !
any lands heretofore forfeited, or that
may hereafter be forfeited, to the state |
by any railroad company, nor any of the |
lands that are or may be reserved from !
location; And provided, that said pat
ents be returned to the Land Commits
siOner and be by him cancelled, and new
certificates be issued therefor as herein
before provided, on or by the first day of
January, 1888, and no new certificates
shall be issued after that time.
Sec. 4. The near approach of the close
# the present session of the Legislature,
and the doubtful validity of the patents
issued to lands in Greer county, creates
an imperative public necessity and an
emergency that the constitutional rule re-
curing that all bills be read on three
several days be suspended, and that this
iCt hall take eff ct and be in force from
lnd after its passage, and tits so enacted.
April |, 1887.